In 1770, the British Parliament passed a law condemning lipstick, stating that “women found guilty of seducing men into matrimony by a cosmetic means could be tried for witchcraft.”
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The United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
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The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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Some British police cars carry a teddy bear to console children after an accident.
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In the Bemba tribe of southern Africa, if someone does something hurtful, they take the person to the center of the town where the entire tribe comes and surrounds them. For two days they tell him every good thing he has ever done, because they believe that every person comes into the world as good.
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